Los Angeles Q1 Production Sinks 22% Year-Over-Year

The latest FilmLA quarterly production report is as grim as expected, showing a 22% year-over-year decline in on-location shooting in Los Angeles County with 5,295 shoot days logged.
The quarter, of course, opened with the deadly and destructive Palisades and Eaton wildfires that have displaced thousands of Los Angeles residents, but their impact on local production beyond postponements was minimal. A recent FilmLA analysis determined that combined, the areas burned by the fires had hosted 1,405 Shoot Days over the past four years – or roughly 1.3% of all regional filming.
“Loss of filming opportunity in no way compares to the cost of the Eaton and Palisades Fires in terms of loss of life, resident displacement and property damage,” noted FilmLA VP of Integrated Communications Philip Sokoloski. “The fires sent many productions scrambling to reschedule shoots and displaced hundreds of industry workers from their homes. But their impact on local filming levels appears to have been temporary.
The quarter, of course, opened with the deadly and destructive Palisades and Eaton wildfires that have displaced thousands of Los Angeles residents, but their impact on local production beyond postponements was minimal. A recent FilmLA analysis determined that combined, the areas burned by the fires had hosted 1,405 Shoot Days over the past four years – or roughly 1.3% of all regional filming.
“Loss of filming opportunity in no way compares to the cost of the Eaton and Palisades Fires in terms of loss of life, resident displacement and property damage,” noted FilmLA VP of Integrated Communications Philip Sokoloski. “The fires sent many productions scrambling to reschedule shoots and displaced hundreds of industry workers from their homes. But their impact on local filming levels appears to have been temporary.
- 4/14/2025
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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